Table Talk, 1893 “Crab Gumbo, such as they give you in Baltimore…”
Table Talk, “Housekeepers Inquiries” Mrs. Helen Louise Johnson February 1893, Volume VIII: No. 2 Inquiry No. 2203. “Have you a goodContinue Reading
Category: Heirloom Gardening/Heritage Breeds and Wildcrafting
So THATS why they call it a fish pepper…
This is a wild-caught rockfish from the waters of the Chesapeake Bay around Talbot County, Maryland that I prepared usingContinue Reading
Some Affairs of Plain Living: A Gallery
Once upon a time there was a tool called a scragg broom used to make swept yards….I know this becauseContinue Reading
Hey, I know that guy–“Chasing Chilies” and Me
A few weeks ago at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello/Southern Exposure Seed Exchange’s Heritage Harvest Festival I taught a class on cookingContinue Reading
Terroir Noire: The Final Garden List
VATES COLLARDS SUGAR DRIP SORGHUM DE CICCO BROCCOLI COSMIC PURPLE CARROT AMERICAN FLAG LEEK LACINATO KALE DEEP PURPLE BUNCHING ONIONContinue Reading
Food and Slavery Food Philosophy at Afroculinaria Heirloom Gardening/Heritage Breeds and Wildcrafting
Some Food is Calling My Name, Oh Lord What Should I Do?
Ok so I promised a garden list. Sure-okra, white/yellow/and red onions, black eyed peas and other field peas, melons, corn,Continue Reading
African American Food History Food and Slavery Food People and Food Places Heirloom Gardening/Heritage Breeds and Wildcrafting
Terroir Noire: African American Foodways in Slavery, Texas
I originally wrote this as an audition for the handbook of Texas online–they were enthusiastic at first, but didn’t getContinue Reading
African American Food History Food and Slavery Food People and Food Places Heirloom Gardening/Heritage Breeds and Wildcrafting
Terroir Noire: The Historic Chesapeake and Tidewater
Foodscapes of Slavery Olaudah Equiano — Igbo man brought to Virginia in the 1700’s — “The Father of Black Literature”Continue Reading
Afroalimentary: Growing for the Table in 2011
Soundtrack: “As” Stevie Wonder; “Cameras,” Matt & Kim; “Dear Mama” Tupac Shakur; “Tabhair Dom Do Lamh” Le Ceoltoiri Culturlainne; “ShimmyContinue Reading
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